Militants gun down retired judge in N. Afghanistan

Armed militants gunned down a retired judge in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province on Sunday, police said.

"The terrorists shot dead a judge named Mohammad Jalal in Khawja Sabzposh district today and made their good escape," police spokesman in the province Abdul Karim Sarosh told Xinhua.

Without providing more details, the official asserted that Jalal was a retired judge.

Meantime, a local official on the condition of anonymity blamed Taliban militants for assassination of the judge, saying that armed insurgents kidnapped Jalal last year and asked him to stop working with the government.

Taliban militants who are active in Faryab province have yet to claim responsibility for the killing. Endit